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The Back Room @ Colectivo closes its doors with show from Chicago’s Bitchin Bajas

Cal Roach
December 16, 2023
It's time to say farewell to The Back Room @ Colectivo. The performance space on Prospect Avenue opened up in 2015 and has served as a great intimate space for local and traveling acts for almost a decade, but ...

Pedro The Lion revisits two classic albums at intimate Back Room show

Josh Rank
May 30, 2023
Pedro The Lion is touring on a couple of its classic albums, 1998's It's Hard To Find A Friend and 2002's Control. Why would a band decide to play its first and third albums more than 20 years after they came o...

Kristin Hersh lives up to (and exceeds) alt-rock-icon status at intimate Back Room show

Cal Roach
June 13, 2022
Alt-rock icon Kristin Hersh, unlike virtually all of her peers, never made much of a grab for stardom. Even at their most compelling, Hersh's songs are more likely to get under your skin than make you hum along...

The Cactus Blossoms bring dreamy harmonies back to The Back Room

Matt Wild
March 24, 2022
The return of live music has come in fits and starts. Venues have reopened and re-closed. Shows have been rescheduled and re-canceled. Big arena concerts have felt weirdly fine, while smaller gigs have felt uns...

My First Band: Noah Gundersen (Beneath Oceans, Young In The City, Glorietta)

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 11, 2019
At just 30 years old, Noah Gundersen has already managed to accomplish more than most musicians do in a lifetime. The Seattle-based singer and songwriter has put out more than a dozen albums and EPs, which have...

Public Domain: Dusk performs “When I Was A Young Girl”

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 9, 2019
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The music video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been he...

Wow. Doughboys Podcast is coming to Milwaukee this fall

Tyler Maas
June 17, 2019
Breaking chews, Burger Brigade and Spoon Nation! Today, just a few days after Doughboys had a sold-out show at Thalia Hall in Chicago, we're thrilled to let you know the popular chain restaurant podcast will re...

Public Domain: ¡palabra! performs “El Son de la Má Teodora”

Milwaukee Record Staff
January 3, 2019
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The music video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been he...

Frankie Cosmos show vulnerability, strength at sold-out Colectivo show

Lauren Keene
September 28, 2018
It's almost possible to read about bands who receive a lot of internet attention without seeing the word "hype" somewhere throughout a body of text. (Yep, even a few concert reviews here on Milwaukee Record hav...

Get in on the ground floor when In Tall Buildings play The Back Room @ Colectivo in March

Tyler Maas
January 29, 2018
Over the course of less than three years, The Back Room @ Colectivo has established itself as an invaluable East Side entertainment destination and a trusted source for all-ages shows, up-and-coming musicians, ...

Jens Lekman will play The Back Room @ Colectivo February 9

Matt Wild
November 13, 2017
Has it really been 10 years since Jens Lekman played Milwaukee? Unless someone knows otherwise, it appears the Swedish indie darling last played our fair city March 29, 2008 at the Pabst Theater. Sheesh. Well, ...

Inside Milwaukee’s green rooms: The Back Room at Colectivo, ComedySportz, The Underground Collaborative

Tyler Maas
March 28, 2017
While countless people flock to Milwaukee’s numerous clubs, theaters, arenas, concert-equipped coffee shops, and other performance spaces every year, only a select few are allowed to peer behind the scenes. Unl...

Public Domain: Hello Death performs “Just Before The Battle, Mother”

Milwaukee Record Staff
November 28, 2016
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world...

Joe Wong will return to Milwaukee November 26 for The Trap Set Live

Tyler Maas
November 7, 2016
If you haven't listened to The Trap Set yet, you're really missing out. The weekly show hosted by former Milwaukeean and Akarso drummer Joe Wong calls itself "the world's most popular podcast and terrestrial ...

Public Domain: Dramatic Lovers perform “After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It”

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 6, 2016
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world...

Public Domain: Something To Do performs “Any Little Girl, That’s A Nice Little Girl, Is The Right Little Girl For Me”

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 29, 2016
// Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of th...

Public Domain: Joseph Huber performs “Oh Shenandoah”

Milwaukee Record Staff
May 31, 2016
// Milwaukee Record is proud to introduce "Public Domain." The video series will feature Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt so...
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